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Available for pre-order! Letters of a Poet Dying is a watershed publication—the first collection of correspondence by the virtuosic poet Frank Stanford (1948–78) uapress.com/product/letter…

Now Available! In the Shade of the Pine: Artists, Writers, and Trees in America, 1825-1876 by Christiana Payne This richly illustrated volume explores the significance of trees in the visual and literary imagination of mid-nineteenth-century America. uapress.com/product/in-the…

Now available! The Metal of a Thousand Uses: Mercury Mining in Arkansas, 1930–1946 by Terry S. Reynolds - the definitive history of an industry that once seemed so promising, yet totally collapsed in just a decade and a half. uapress.com/product/the-me…

Congratulations to Greg Rappleye, whose collection BARLEY CHILD is the winner of the 2026 Society of Midland Authors Book Award! midlandauthors.org/contest-winner…

Exhibit, Marathon Reading Honor Arkansas Poet Frank Stanford news.uark.edu/articles/81012…

"Rappleye’s collection is a mesmerizing catalogue of the miscreants and underdogs of the world." —J.C. Scharl, Presence: A Journal of Catholic Poetry, 2026 uapress.com/product/barley…

✨Warmest congratulations to our longlisted authors and their publishers! ✨ Here is the 2026 Griffin Poetry Prize longlist in full Artwork: Toronto Ink Company #2026GriffinPoetryPrize

✨𝘽𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙, Greg Rappleye, University of Arkansas Press (@uarkpress)

Now Available! “I love how patient the poems of Stevie Edwards are, how closely they attend to image and the unfolding of the heart. This book is teeming with moments that function as mirrors.” —Hanif Abdurraqib uapress.com/product/the-we…

"Although this is an incredible book of literature that showcases the complexity of Kurdish lives around the world, one does not need to be Kurdish to connect with the raw human experience captured in its pages." worldliteraturetoday.org/2026/march/sle…

Now Available! Rogue Astronaut by Mitchell Jacobs, a finalist for the 2026 Miller Williams Poetry Prize. uapress.com/product/rogue-…

Now Available! Domestica by Samuel Piccone, winner of the 2026 Miller Williams Poetry Prize. uapress.com/product/domest…

CONGRATULATIONS are in order for Greg Rappleye! His collection Barley Child, winner of the 2025 Miller Williams Poetry Prize, has been named a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award! globenewswire.com/news-release/2…

The Capital Hotel first opened in January 1877 and continues to be known as "the front porch of Little Rock" people.com/historic-south…

"Historians who work on the modern Ozarks will find this book indispensable, and non-specialists will find it fascinating.” —Brian McGowan, Arkansas Historical Quarterly uapress.com/product/aguila/

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This Legendary Southern Hotel Nearly Became A Parking Lot—Now It’s Turning 150 (@Southern_Living) southernliving.com/legendary-arka…

Come through & holler at me if you’re at AWP next week!!

Available in paperback for the first time! Originally published in 1924 and long out of print, this book tells the story of the Mosaic Templars of America , a famous Black fraternal organization that was founded by John E. Bush and Chester W. Keatts in Little Rock, Arkansas.